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It is only liquid currents of thought that move men and the world
Wendell Phillips
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Wendell Phillips
Age: 72 †
Born: 1811
Born: November 29
Died: 1884
Died: February 2
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Neither do I acknowledge the right of Plymouth to the whole rock. No, the rock underlies all America: it only crops out here.
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Hearts are stronger than swords.
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Revolutions are not made: they come. A revolution is as natural a growth as an oak. It comes out of the past. Its foundations are laid far back.
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The reformer is careless of numbers, disregards popularity, and deals only with ideas, conscience, and common sense. He feels, with Copernicus, that as God waited long for an interpreter, so he can wait for his followers.
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Baron Grimm declared that, as a rule, it was easy for little minds to attain splendid positions, because they devoted all their ability to the one object.
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It is but the littleness of man that seeth no greatness in trifles.
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Let us always remember that he does not really believe his own opinion, who dares not give free scope to his opponent.
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Brains and character rule the world. The most distinguished Frenchman of the last century said: Men succeed less by their talents than their character. There were scores of men a hundred years ago who had more intellect than Washington. He outlives and overrides them all by the influence of his character.
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The heart beats louder and the soul hears quicker in silence and solitude.
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The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance.
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The best education in the world is that got by struggling to get a living.
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Sin is not taken out of man, as Eve was out of Adam, by putting him to sleep.
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Agitation prevents rebellion, keeps the peace, and secures progress. Every step she gains is gained forever. Muskets are the weapons of animals. Agitation is the atmosphere of the brains.
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My advice to a young man seeking deathless fame would be to espouse an unpopular cause and devote his life to it.
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Will the slave fight? If any man asks you, tell him No. But if anyone asks you will a Negro fight, tell him Yes!
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Health lies in labor, and there is no royal road to it but through toil.
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